SW Bio-Spira in a FW Tank?

[MidSSouth]

The only local dealership here for Bio-Spira is a reef store and sells SW Bio-Spira. Does anyone know if that will work in a freshwater setup?

 

[OCCFan023]

i dont think so, if its labeled for SW then I doubt it would work for fresh

 

[BigDaddy420]

there is a place in TN that will ship biospira on ice for pretty reasonable prices.


that place is in evensville, tn, here is the site, i just noticed u were from TN, so maybe just a nice afternoon drive or something to go pick it up
http://www.fishstoretn.com/

 

[wayne]

That is a very good question. Everybody takes it as gospel that freshwater bacteria won't work in salt, and vice versa but in the only peer reveiwed scientific papaer I've seen on this subject it was stated the relevant bacteria were actually pretty insensitive to salinity level.

Try it

 

[MidSSouth]

there is a place in TN that will ship biospira on ice for pretty reasonable prices.


that place is in evensville, tn, here is the site, i just noticed u were from TN, so maybe just a nice afternoon drive or something to go pick it up
http://www.fishstoretn.com/

The nice afternoon drive is almost 8 hours each way for me. That's on the far side of the state from Memphis.

 

[Lotus]

I would call or send an e-mail to Marineland and see if their technical staff can help you on this one. Contact info here: http://www.marineland.com/cust_service/cust_phonehours.asp

 

[MidSSouth]

I would call or send an e-mail to Marineland and see if their technical staff can help you on this one. Contact info here: http://www.marineland.com/cust_service/cust_phonehours.asp

Yea, I did that. I was hoping someone here would have first hand knowledge. Thanks for the ideas though.

 

[wayne]

Buy a couple of cheap plants. They will come with the desired bacteria on their surfaces.

 

[MidSSouth]

From MarineLabs tech line:

Hello
It is two different strains of bacteria. One will not work in the other.

Thank you
Marineland, Aquaria Inc.
Tech help
(800) 322 - 1266


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Subject: Tech help - FW vs SW BioSpira

Can saltwater Bio-Spira be used in a Freshwater system? Is there a difference?

Thank you

 

[BigDaddy420]

i just got my order from fishstoretn and used the bio-spira last night, it arrived pretty cold, packed in with those gel ice packs and wrapped in insulation. been over 24 hours and everything seems fine, im gonna do water tests in the morning.

 

[aceracer]

when do you add that? and when you do, do you keep on adding the amout of amonia to keep the amonia lv at 5 ppm ? or how does that work? and how fast does it accelerate the process?? thanks im getting a 55 gallon tank with 6 loaches 8 tigerbarbs and a angel fish

 

[Lotus]

aceracer, you should read some of the articles here: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?t=19357 to get a good understanding of the cycling process.

Bio-Spira will give you an instant cycle, but you need to add it at the same time as you add the fish, and not add ammonia. You can read about it at the company's site, here: http://www.marineland.com/products/mllabs/ML_biospira.asp